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Monthly Archives: November 2016
New BSD Magazine issue with my article!
Another bright topic for today! BSD Magazine has just published the fresh issue with my article on the cover! “As Benjamin Franklin once said, “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” In that spirit, we are happy to deliver another … Continue reading
Posted in BeaST, Storage
Tagged ALUA, articles, BeaST, BSD Now, BSDMag, CTL HA, FreeBSD, High Available, press mentions, Storage
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Fetching data from Hitachi Command Suite with HiCommandCLI, PowerShell and Python
You may say it’s not worth writing a post on the subject, just use the Command Suite CLI, Luke and that’s all! But sometimes HCS CLI behavior is not so obvious. Telling the truth it may surprise you.
Posted in My projects, Storage, Storage Automation
Tagged articles, CLI, HCS, Hitachi, PowerShell, Python, SAN, scripts, Storage, XML
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Quorum device for the FreeBSD CTL HA and the BeaST Storage system
Today I am pleased to announce BQ (the BeaST Quorum). It is a simple quorum drive implementation which is suitable to run with the FreeBSD CTL HA and the BeaST Storage system. Soon I’m going to write a long post … Continue reading
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Tagged BeaST, FreeBSD, quorum, shared drive, Storage, storage cluster
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My article on FreeBSD CTL High Availability and ALUA functions is shown on BSD Now TV!
In the issue #165 of BSD Now two awesome guys, Allan Jude and Kris Moore, show my paper while explaining FreeBSD CTL HA and ALUA subsystem.
Setting memory size for Hitachi Command Suite CLI (HICommandCLI)
When running CLI for Hitachi Command Suit (HICommandCLI.sh in UNIX or HICommandCLI.bat in Windows) we sometimes get this type of error: KAIC90574-E The memory for the CLI became insufficient while this operation was being performed Command Suite CLI is actually … Continue reading
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Tagged CLI, Command Suite, Hitachi, PowerShell, scripts, Tips & tricks, variables, Windows
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Brocade Communications in Advanced Talks to Sell Itself – Bloomberg
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is in advanced talks to sell itself, according to people familiar with the matter. Source: Brocade Communications in Advanced Talks to Sell Itself – Bloomberg UPD. Broadcom Press-release on the deal is already published.
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